Well, I've started to read Children Matter [Eerdmans, 2005].
In their own words, Scottie May, Beth Posterski, Catherine Stonehouse and Linda Cannell took on "...the challenge of equipping students to 'serve the present age.'" Textbooks get old. They needed a text that wouldn't get old. They brought together their different faith traditions, their different experiences in this country and abroad, yet they explore their common ground together with "... a passion to see the amazing spiritual potential of children being nurtured in faith communities around the globe; to see those communities realize that they are not fully the church unless children are present."
I have to read it because they start with ". . .perceptions and assumptions -that presently guide our decisions and practices." I like it already. They have their own thought questions at the end of each chapter. Of course they do, it's a college textbook...
I'll try to keep it short (my comments) but it (the book) looks like a gold mine!
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